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U.S. Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Date 30/04/2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of net marketable borrowing for the April - June and July – September 2012 quarters:

During the April - June 2012 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $182 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-June cash balance of $95 billion. This borrowing estimate is $19 billion lower than announced in January 2012. The decrease is primarily due to projections of lower outlays and higher issuances of State and Local Government securities, partially offset by lower receipts.

Canadian Securities Regulators Grant Designated Rating Organization Status Under New Regulatory Framework

Date 30/04/2012

The Canadian Securities Administrators announced today the official designation of DBRS Limited, Fitch, Inc., Moody’s Canada Inc., and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (Canada) as Designated Rating Organizations (DROs) under applicable Canadian securities laws, as contemplated under National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations (NI 25-101).

Financial Services Industry Rallies Around OpenMAMA Project As It Delivers First Release - The Linux Foundation-Hosted OpenMAMA Project Fosters Increasing Collaboration On Open Source Technologies For Financial Services; New Steering Committee Participants Include IBM, Tick42 And TS-Associates

Date 30/04/2012

OpenMAMA, a Linux Foundation Labs (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/labs) project, today announced the availability of OpenMAMA 2.1, the open source Middleware Agnostic Messaging API and the first neutral standard in data messaging for financial services.

2012 NASDAQ OMX Analyst/Investor Day

Date 30/04/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX®") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will hold its 2012 Analyst/Investor Day on Thursday, May 10, 2012. NASDAQ's senior executive team will conduct an in-depth discussion of the company's operations, objectives, and strategy. Analysts and investors who wish to attend should RSVP to investor.relations@nasdaqomx.com

Trading In Irish Market Up 26% To Over €10bn

Date 30/04/2012

• Value of ISEQ quoted companies rises by over 20% to €105 billion
• All ISEQ indices grow by more than 10% in Q1
• Turnover in Irish Government securities doubles to €25bn

Athens Exchange: Market Operations Committee Decision

Date 30/04/2012

The Market Operations Committee of ATHEX, during today's session, approved the application of price fluctuation limits of ±10%, for May 2012, for the low turnover velocity Stocks of the ATHEX Main Market (monthly average velocity of last month less or equal to 0.01%) presented in Table 1, according to the ATHEX Board Decision 22. 

FSB Enhances Its Process For Ongoing Monitoring Of Compensation Practices

Date 30/04/2012

The 2011 FSB peer review on compensation indicated that good progress has been made in implementing the FSB Principles and Standards on Sound Compensation Practices (“Principles and Standards”), but that more work is necessary to overcome constraints to full implementation by individual national authorities and to address concerns by firms of an uneven playing field. Following the completion of the peer review, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) was tasked by the G20 to undertake ongoing monitoring and public reporting on further progress in compensation practices.

ISE Premium Hosted Database™ Launches With Comprehensive Tick Data And Analytics - Hosted Solution Provides Straightforward Access To Over 200 Terabytes Of Data

Date 30/04/2012

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that it has launched the ISE Premium Hosted Database™ (ISE PhD™). ISE PhD™ is a fully managed historical tick database that offers full OPRA data including all quotes and trades from all exchanges, U.S. equities level one data, pre-computed implied volatilities and Greeks, full corporate action histories, and ISE Open/Close trade data.    

Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-18: Update: Message Efficiency Incentive Program Postponed Until June 1, 2012

Date 30/04/2012

As announced, Direct Edge will introduce the Message Efficiency Incentive Program (MEIP).  Members of EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. will receive standard rebates only in instances where the Member’s average monthly inbound message-to-trade ratio is at or less than 100 to 1. Members with a monthly average of more than 100 to 1 will have their rebate reduced by $0.0001 per share, regardless of the tier for which they would otherwise qualify. (Note: Inbound messages are defined to include orders, cancels, and cancel/replace messages.) 

SIX: Successful Completion Of Eurex Sale

Date 30/04/2012

SIX has sold its share of the Eurex joint venture to Deutsche Börse AG with effect from 1 January 2012. The implementation project was concluded today with the successful execution of the sale. This marks the final transfer of Eurex to Deutsche Börse AG.